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Quotes by Samuel Adams
This speech was delivered by Samuel Adams on August 1st, 1776, before the Continental Congress in the State House in Philadelphia.
“We have no other alternative than independence, or the most ignominious and galling servitude. The legions of our enemies thicken on our plains; desolation and death mark their bloody career; whilst the mangled corpses of our countrymen seem to cry out to us as a voice from Heaven.
Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! In vain. Their arts may be more dangerous than their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords.”
Letter to James Warren April 16, 1776
Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties. We may justly address you… and say, “Nothing that we propose can pass into a law without your consent. Be yourselves, O Americans, the authors of those laws on which your happiness depends.”
1. What I Think (What side do they support?
Are they a Loyalist or a Patriot?)
2. (How do you know? Cite 2 pieces of evidence and explain.)
